Pete Cashmore

Pete Cashmore
Pete Cashmoreis the CEO and founder of the popular blog Mashable, a Technorati Top 10 blog worldwide. He grew up in Banchory, and founded Mashable in Aberdeen, Scotland in 2005 at age 19...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth18 September 1985
Pete Cashmore quotes about
along exciting good people plan steps
I'm very much a creative person, but you've got to do the follow-through. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way.
inspirational people world
Execution really shapes whether your company takes off or not. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way.
people tools
What I’m interested in are tools that can assist people to do the things they’re really good at.
years people age
I kept my age quiet for a good few years. I didn't see it as a positive. I worked remotely, so I just didn't tell people.
talking people randomness
Talk to people no one else is talking to.
two people events
Now, two things happen. One is, people know people, whether that's on Facebook or Twitter. They feel closer to the event. Secondly, people see other people doing something about it.
passion people talent
The talent that has to be learned is finding out what someone's passion is and setting them up to realize that. You don't get the best work from people if you're guiding them versus them guiding themselves.
issues people different
The more people you know from different backgrounds, the more tolerant you feel of different ways of living, and the closer you feel to the issues that those people have.
business young-entrepreneurs people
We are really competing against ourselves, we have no control over how other people perform.
information revolution lifetime
We have this revolution that's happening in our lifetime. The Information Revolution is changing absolutely every industry and every part of life and society and behavior.
tolerance connected
We are all more connected than ever. That connectivity builds tolerance.
want tvs watches
I don't have a TV or watch movies. I don't like to be broadcast to, I want to participate.
attention social-media social-network
We're living at a time when attention is the new currency.
internet compelling ifs
If it doesn't come through the Internet, it's not really compelling to me.